Here is an interesting review of Nate Silver’s book. The interesting thing about the review is that it doesn’t criticize the statistical content, but criticizes the belief that people only use data analysis for good. This is an interesting theme we’ve seen before. Gelman also reviews the review.—–Simply Statistics

Suggested New Year’s resolution: start a blog: A blog forces you to articulate your thoughts rather than having vague feelings about issues; You also get much more comfortable with writing, because you’re doing it rather than thinking about doing it; If other people read your blog you get to hear what they think too. You learn a lot that way. || Set aside time for your blog every day. Keep notes for yourself on bloggy subjects (write a one-line gmail to yourself with the subject “blog ideas”).